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ABRADE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rub hard or scrub

Example:

scour the counter tops

Synonyms:

abrade; scour

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abrade" is one way to...):

rub (move over something with pressure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

abrader (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)

abrasive (causing abrasion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wear away

Synonyms:

abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abrade" is one way to...):

wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abrade"):

chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)

rasp (scrape with a rasp)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

abradant (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)

abradant (a substance that abrades or wears down)

abrader (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)

abrasion (the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice)

abrasion (erosion by friction)

abrasion (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)

abrasive (causing abrasion)

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